Native American Folk Art
NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE
Native American broadly describes any Indigenous people in North America and encompasses hundreds of tribes and groups, all with distinct cultures. Native American–style furniture and decor likewise varies widely, from pieces created by Indigenous people to those appropriated by non-native designers.
Indigenous furniture’s rich heritage includes the bentwood boxes of the Northwest Coast carved from cedar for storing household or ceremonial objects. Generations of Native American people have made baskets for holding household items, with those in the Northeast using sweetgrass and those in the Southeast using pine needles and wicker. Artisans in the Plateau region wove watertight pieces like cradles from plant materials. Although these objects were intricately made, they were usually utilitarian rather than decorative.
The colonization of North America and the removal of Indigenous people from their lands led to the suppression of these practices. Many styles that used Native American motifs — such as Southwestern style, which was heavily influenced by the geometric patterns of Navajo textiles — have historically not involved Indigenous creators and, instead, have taken their traditions without their tribal context.
When decorating a home with Native American–style furniture, it is important to do so respectfully, by understanding the origins of motifs and objects and examining who profits from their sale. There are now Indigenous-led companies, such as Cherokee designer Cray Bauxmont-Flynn’s Amatoya and Totem House Design, promoting Indigenous work in furniture and home decor. Supporting Indigenous artists and artisans is essential to confronting the still pervasive issue of cultural appropriation in design.
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Style: Native American
Rare Circa 1870 Sioux Buckskin Moccasins with Quillwork
Glass Bead Decoration
Located in Denver, CO
This rare and authentic pair of antique Sioux moccasins dates to the 1870s, during the late Classic Period of Native American artistry (circa 1650–1875). Handcrafted by a skilled Pla...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Animal Skin, Hide, Glass, Beads
$3,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Sioux Bow, Arrows and Beaded Quiver Case
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Sioux bow and quiver with beaded bands on top and bottom on both bow and quiver case. Bow 46" of bodack with original sinew string and three 24" matching arr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Native American Apache Olla Basket
Located in Bradenton, FL
Wonderful bulbous form antique Native American Apache Olla Basket, circa early 1900s, with vertical geometric columns interspersed with animal figur...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
19th Century Micmac Spiked War Club
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
MicMac spiked club. Chip carved handle with face on head having forged file spike at top with embedded and poured lead. Brass tacks and band of red painted hide...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Blackfoot Native American Dress
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Blackfoot dress of red Stroud. Estimated 1920s. Beads on panels both sides carried over from 19th century.
Period: 1920s
Origin: Blackfoot
Size: 40" x 40".
Family Owned & Operate...
Category
1920s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Nuu-chah-nulth Northwest Coast Hand Carved Wood TOTEM Pole by Ray Williams
Located in San Diego, CA
A fine example attributed to master Nuu-chah-nulth carver Ray Williams, circa 1960s. Ray Williams was the son of famed carver Sam Williams who started car...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Native Chippewa Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Chippewa fully beaded bandolier bag with full size pocket, floral beading on intermediate panel and delicate edge beading and faceted bead drops. ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Alaskan Black Diamond Hand Carved Wood Totem Pole by Vic Yeoda
Located in San Diego, CA
A fine example of an Alaskan Black Diamond hand carved wood totem pole by Vic Yeoda, circa 1980s. The Totem stands and 5.5" H with a 6" wingspan...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Indigenous American West Coast Haida Styled Carved
Polychrome Painted Totem
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This folk art carved and polychrome painted totem pole is signed by an unknown artist and originated from the United States and dates to 1985 and d...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Pair of Vintage Indigenous American Inuit Mukluks or Boots
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of vintage Inuit mukluks are presumed to have been made in Canada in circa 1950 in the Indigenous American Folk Art style. The upper portions a...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Fur, Leather, Wool
Split Horn Headdress
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Heavily adorned split horn headdress with ermine drops, silk ribbons, hawk bells, stroud covered horns, brass trade beads and brass buttons on red strou...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Fur
$40,250
Navajo Cow Pictorial Weaving
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Navajo Cow pictorial weaving. Soft, thick ends with spun wool woven in colors of red, blue, cream, dark brown, yellow, green and orange. Design of serrated diamonds, birds, and cows....
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$34,500
Inuit Inukshuk Soapstone Carving - Signed - Canada - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Inuit Inukshuk (means 'in the likeness of a human') soapstone carving - hand carved from a single piece of stone - featuring a polished finish - signed on the base of each foot R. H....
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
Historic Laguna Pueblo Large Native American Olla, 1880
s
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Large Laguna Pueblo Indian Polychrome Olla, circa 1880's. Measures 12 5/8"h x 13"w.
Featuring Geometric Designs on the Shoulder and Floral Designs with...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
19th Century Native American Great Lakes Gun Stock Club
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Well tacked Great Lakes gun stock club with tapering hexagonal point. Recessed hand grip and shaft, profusely decorated with a pattern of pewter head iron nails forming zig zag, circ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Inuit Indigenous Native American Eskimo Signed Stone Carved Walrus Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful soapstone carving of a walrus by the indigenous Inuit People who inhabit parts of the arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska.
Signed ("E.Y.") and numbered/dat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
Cheyenne Native American Dress
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Pre-reservation Cheyenne dress. Hand-sewn, pieced together; blue trade cloth, ribbon-like edging, cowry shell cape on both sides. This piece without any restoration. Hard to find thi...
Category
1870s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Antique Navajo Rug, Handspun Wool, Red, Black, White, Green.
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Zuni Inlaid and Sterling Silver Ranger Buckle Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary example of a vintage Zuni inlaid and sterling silver ranger buckle set, circa 1970s.
This collectable Zuni set is inlaid with turquoise, jet, Mother-of-Pearl, spiny...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver, Other
Plateau Beaded Dress
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Beautiful tanned elk hide dress. The yoke with underlying rows of larger red, white, green and blue beads. Shoulder strips lazy stitched with 20/0 cut seed ...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide
$17,250
Native American Sioux Catlinite T Pipe
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Sioux catlinite T pipe with fluted base and top. Has been smoked, with original stem. Collected by Charles Graves, Indian agent in 1928, South Dakota. Authentic.
Period: First quart...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Northern Plains Pictorial Scabbard
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Rifle scabbard on brain tanned elk. Exceptional beading. Warrior with double trailer headdress. Coupstick on war pony one side, two florals on reverse.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide
Pima Basket, 1890
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pima basket
1890
Willow and Devil's Claw
Measures: 6.25 inches Height. x 17 inches in Diameter
This large example of a coiled Pima basket dates from 1890.
The basket appear...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Willow
$3,850
Antique Native American Plains Indian Doll
Located in Highland, IN
Here is an exceptional piece, fresh from a vintage estate.
This beautiful antique Native American doll has incredible presence and a fan...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Beads
Indigenous Native American Indian Navajo Handwoven Geometric Pattern Rug Blanket
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, highly engaging, intricately hand woven antique Indigenous Native North American Indian Southwestern Navajo tribe wool rug/blanket featuring a geometric pattern (the Nav...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century "Pony Leg" Native American Club
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Mid 19th century pony club. Stylized ball headed club of tiger maple. Patina from use. Well made, a great addition to any handmade indigenous weaponry collection. Size: 26"L
Family ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Maple
Signed Vintage Set of Zuni Turquoise and Sterling Jewelry
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Signed set of Zuni turqouise & sterling jewelry, vintage. Necklace, bracelet, ring & clip earrings. All pieces have one or more hallmarks, RLB in a fish-hook cartouche. Desk & Dresse...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
Yoly Ledezma Signed Native American Pueblo Mata Ortiz Casas Grandes Pottery Vase
By Mata Ortiz
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful designed, shaped and decorated ceramic vase by Ingenious Southwest Native American potter Yolanda (Yoly/Yolly) Ledezma of Casas Grandes Pottery in Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua,...
Category
20th Century Mexican Native American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Monumental Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor 108"H
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor (1851-1934). Neah Bay, Washington. This monumental pole is a significant piece of Northwest Coast art and Seattle history that was previously owned by Joseph Edward “Daddy” Standley, the founder of the iconic Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle, Washington. The pole was displayed for years on the grounds of Standley’s “TOTEM Place” estate in West Seattle, across the bay from his iconic ethnographic art and curio shop on the Seattle Waterfront. So popular amongst tourists was the TOTEM Place estate grounds, that the Southwest Seattle Historical Society has stated that “for decades... it was a place where tour buses stopped, and flashbulbs popped. It probably was the most gawked-at, talked-about residence in West Seattle.”
This pole was even featured in situ at Standley’s West Seattle home on a postcard that was sold to visitors through Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. While there are multitudes of model poles and other artifacts available to collectors that were sold as souvenirs from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, objects that were actually owned by Standley are virtually unknown in the art market. The vast majority of objects that Standley esteemed and considered his private collection have remained with his family and descendants and are on permanent display in the store.
Among the objects owned by Standley to make their way into the Smithsonian was a Spirit Canoe sculpture by Makah master carver Young Doctor (1851-1934), the likely carver of this pole. It would appear that Standley and Young Doctor had a good working relationship as a number of pieces, including this TOTEM, an elaborate transformation mask, the aforementioned Spirit Canoe model at NMAI, and a full model set of a Makah whaling crew and canoe were made for Standley by the artist. This large-scale TOTEM pole is an exceptional example of turn-of-the-20th-century Northwest Coast carving...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Northern Cheyenne Beaded and Quilled Bow Case
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
19th Century beaded and quilled bowcase, quiver, bow and arrow set from the Northern Cheyenne ex-Forest Fenn collection. The piece exhibits Indian tanned body that is sinew sewn with...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Indian weaving bolster pillow. Down and feather insert and zippered case.
Measures: 21 x 35.
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pictorial Mission Basket
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Polychrome pictorial Mission basket with ten cats on a fence.
Period: Last quarter 19th century
Origin: California
Size: 6" x 4".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Reed
$4,500
Native American Navajo Handwoven Wool Rug or Mat
Located in Studio City, CA
A nicely hand loomed Native American (likely Navajo) rug. Wonderfully designed with vivid colors and geometrical patterns. Would make for a nice addition to any collection or a perfe...
Category
20th Century North American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Indigenous Southwest Native American Indian Navajo Handwoven Rug Blanket
Located in Studio City, CA
A nicely made, handwoven Native American Navajo green, beige and brown rug/blanket
Would be a nice addition to your Native American collection or make for an eye-catching accent pie...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Sioux Warrior
s Deer Skin Shirt and Leggings
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
19th century Native American Sioux warrior's deer skin shirt and leggings. Shirt and leggings are brain tanned, shirt with long fringe and ermine fur-on hide drops. Striking geometri...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Zabihi Collection American Navajo Ivory Yellow Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
A highly decorative 20th-century American Navajo rug. Ivory, Yelow, and browns
Measures: 3'1'' x 4'11''.
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Native American Navajo Sterling Silver Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace
Located in Portland, OR
A very elegant classic 1920's sterling silver & turquoise squash blossom necklace.
The squash blossom necklace features a double strand of Navajo sterling silver beads, strung on co...
Category
1920s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Northern Plains Gun Stock Club
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Gunstock club with carved and painted feather carvings at top, lines with red paint, 4" blade, original trade point. A real weapon of tiger maple. Except...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Maple
SUPERB Pair of Native American "Pima" Baskets
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
SUPERB Pair of Native American "Pima" Baskets
These are early Native American baskets. The are woven very tightly.
Diameters of both are 6 inches and 3 inches.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Reed
$472 Sale Price
30% Off
Native American Navajo Handwoven Wool Geometric Rug Mat
Located in Studio City, CA
A nicely woven wool mat/rug in a geometric pattern which the Navajo tribe is famed for. In fantastic vintage condition. Originally acquired some years ago and placed in storage for good keeping. From a large collection of Native American artifacts...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Tesuque Pueblo Dough Bowl, 1875–1900, Southwest Pottery
Located in Denver, CO
This rare and exceptional Tesuque Pueblo dough bowl, dating from circa 1875 to 1900, is a masterful example of 19th-century Southwestern Native American pottery. Hand-built and paint...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
$4,500 Sale Price
40% Off
Northwest TOTEM
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Northwest totem with whale, man figure (possibly prominent individual within the tribe or society where the hands are shown in a holding position which...
Category
1930s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
$20,700
Vintage Navajo Carpet, Folk Rug, Handmade Wool, Beige, Caramel, Tan
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Large Lladro Yupik or Inuit Boy Crouched and Resting Figurine or Sculpture
By Lladro
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large hand painted porcelain figurine was made by the renowned Llladro company of Spain in circa 1985. The figurine depicts a young Inuit boy crouched with his head in his ...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Native American Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Edward S. Curtis Original Signed and Stamped Silver Toned Platinum Print, 1906
Located in Studio City, CA
An original platinum print on textured paper by iconic American photographer Edward Curtis titled "The Piki Maker"
The print is hand-signed in ink, blind-stamped with Curtis' embos...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Casas Grandes Pottery Olla
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Prehistoric Casas Grandes pottery olla. Hand coiled and painted polychrome design. Restored. Two strap holes. Four geomorphic faces. Rim crack through one hole. Ex. Barnard. 6"D x 7"...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Southwestern Native American Hopi Hand Carved Child Cradle Kachina Katsina Doll
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully hand-painted and decorated Native American Hopi Kachina Katsina doll. We believe this was a child's cradle first Kachina doll. It is hand carved from light wood (likel...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Navajo Indian Weaving Bolster Pillows, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillows - pair feather and down insert and zippered case. Colors: Black, off white, tan, and purple.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,495 / set
Antique Classic Moki Style Navajo Wearing Blanket, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century classic Moki style Navajo wearing blanket.
The Moki pattern is one of the oldest designs in Navajo weaving and can be traced ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Soul Mates Utah Alabaster Sculpture by RD Tsosie
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous piece of native American art, namely, “Soul Mates” sculpture by RD Tsosie, made from Utah Alabaster.
By the renowned Navajo Contemporary artist, Robert Dale ...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Prehistoric Majested Seated Drummer Figurine
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Prehistoric majestic seated drummer figurine from Nayarit, West Mexico. Sporting a nose ring, complex ear ornaments, armlets and an open mouth that would seem to indicate a 'singing'...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
19th Century Osage Gun Stock Dance Club
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Native American Osage tacked and green ochre gun stock dance club with forged point moved over from earlier weapon. Red and green pigment paint. Collected from an Oklahoma family in ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th C. Plains Native American Roach Headdress, Deer
Porcupine Hair
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional 19th-century Plains Indian roach headdress is a rare and visually striking example of traditional Native American ceremonial regalia. ...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Fur
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Pottery Olla
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Prehistoric Casas Grandes pottery olla. Hand coiled and painted polychrome design. Ex. Barnard. 5" x 5".
Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquime) is a prehi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Ceramic Nemadji Vase in Turquoise Brown and Orange, 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful ceramic nemadji vase. Marbled in unglazed turquoise, brown, and orange, this will be a beautiful piece to add to a current collection.
Dim...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$150 Sale Price
25% Off
Native American Coeur d Alene Tribe Pow Wow Drum
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Decorated Coeur d’Alene tribe Pow Wow drum. Decorated with $1 bills around outside. Comes with base used at Pow Wows. Perfect size for coffee table with o...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Navajo Chief Blanket
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sometimes categorized as the fourth-phase chief blanket, this wonderful piece of Navajo textile art is well preserved and can be dated to 1890-1910. Wov...
Category
1890s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$12,500
Salish Carved Cedar TOTEM
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Salish TOTEM depicting a human wearing a potlatch hat perched between the ears of an eagle at top, a human face in relief for the birds eyes, a small humanoid/bird figure standing at...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
$23,000
Pair of Navajo Saddle Blanket Bolster Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These saddle blanket weaving's have red stars pattern in the end corner of each pillow. There are two pairs in inventory. The backing is in a black cotton linen. Condition is very go...
Category
1930s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$795 Sale Price / set
33% Off
Antique Navajo Carpet, Folk Rug, Handmade Wool Rug, Beige, Gray, Brown
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly rega...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Native American folk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Native American folk art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage folk art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Native American folk art made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Canada pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original folk art, popular names associated with this style include Native American Art, Navajo, Plateau Indians, and Navajo Indian Art. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for folk art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $90 and tops out at $75,000 while the average work can sell for $1,798.
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